General Interest meeting 20-10-14
Tomris Email:
Present: Law, Engineers without Borders, Labour, Harry Potter and Quidditch, Think Tank, Disney, Role
Playing and War games, Sustainable Living, Comp Soc, Human Bio, First Aid, Psychology
Absent with apologies:
Absent without apologies:
Introduction from Sophie
Everyone introduced themselves
What do you want from us?
-Support for new Societies
- Want to establish what the society really do to potential members
-Promotion
- More inter society socials- More interaction!
- More training- Build Confidence
- Links with local community
- Spread the word about quidditch
-Better turn out for general election
- Get involved in soc sports
- Advice to improve society
ACTION: Sophie fix emails to Labour
Bazaar Feedback:
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One way system worked well
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Bottle neck in places- Consideration for societies with a lot of interaction
Maybe use of the rest of the union to allow more space
YES! To a refreshers societies fair- For ONLY societies
Use of the marquee- Good idea but means people don’t go past every stall?
Memberships
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Can half memberships for Erasmus students
Problems reaching threshold- You won’t necessarily be shut down if under but you will need a
review
ACTION: Sophie sort out Comp Soc Member
Branding:
Needs exclusion zone
Must hang off the top left corner edge
Don’t change colour- other versions are available
3 types you can use
Don’t stretch
Old stuff is okay but all new stuff MUST be properly branded! Don’t use old branded stash at official
events or bazzar etc
EMAIL ROSIE IF YOU WANT BRANDING CHECKED. IF YOU DON’T IT’S YOUR FAULT!
rosieharvey@lsu.co.uk
ACTION: Sophie to go through the Society of the year on Wed Training
Soc Sports:
Goes towards Society of the year!
Fb page- Soc Sport 2014-15
http://loughboroughsport.com/societies
One off events – 3 in each semester – first one last Saturday, next one is 15th Nov-Dodgeball
Netball and Football leagues starting mid-November – deadline for sign up October 31st
Email Joe or James with any problems: joerossnelson@lsu.co.uk, jamestwigg@lsu.co.uk
ACTION: Assign (if not already) a sport sec/captain for direct communication with Joe and James
ACTION: Sports Sec meetings- Joe and James organise
ACTION: Joe to message societies who haven’t
Upcoming events
East Midlands Quidditch- 25th Oct 9am on Paddock Pitch
Disney day- 25th Oct in Telford common Room 12-9ish
Disney on Ice- 2nd Nov
Exec Challenge
Tell Sophie if you want to do a challenge for them to take part in!
First Aid
Would love to come along and shadow first aiders at any events you have
Photo Soc
Want to take pictures for you! Just let them know!
Sexual Harassment
LSU have a ZERO tolerance policy
Any problems go straight to Sophie
Soc’s Training
Tweet #lsusocstraining for any questions you want answered at the training on Wed
ACTION: Sophie to look into website issues for Engineers without Borders
Appraisals
You may have another committee member for this
Is just for a chat and to help you develop your society
Some societies owed money from after Jan last year! You will get this around Nov!
Societies have pigeon holes again! They are inside Sophie’s office. Go check as often as you like!
MEETING CLOSED: 20.20